Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Great Barrington who have completed a drug rehab program but still require time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For an individual who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Great Barrington, Massachusetts supplies a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to participate in one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.